Package-holder



(No Model.)

M. P. HILL. PACKAGE HOLDER. No. 391,896. Patented 001;. 30, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEe MORTIMER FERRELL HILL, OF BELLEVILLE,ILLINOIS.

PACKAGE- HOLDER.

ESPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,896, dated October30, 1888 (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, MoRT MER FERRI'JLL HILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bclleville, in the county of St. Clair and State ofIllinois. have invented a new and useful Improvement inPackage-IIolderaof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a package-holder having l'orits object toprovide a si mple, cheap, reliable, and effective holder or handle whichmaybe readily and quickly attached to a package or bundle to enable thesame to be carried; and it consists in a certain novel construction andarrangement, fully set forth hereinafter in connection with thedrawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended elai m.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is'a perspective viewofaholderembodying my improvements. Fig.2isalongitudinalcentralsectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a package before theimproved holder is applied, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of a packageafter theholder has been attached to the tying-cords of the same.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the improved holder,which is preferably made in the form of a turned handle ofa suitablelength and thickness, and is provided with a longitudinal centralgroove, B, which extends about one-half through the handle. Diametricalcuts or notches O O are formed in the ends of the holder, whichcommunicate with the ends of the groove B and extend a shortdistanceiuward on the under side of the holder.

D Drepresentperiph eral grooves or channels, which are formed near theends of the handle, thereby providing shoulders E E, the function 1 ofwhich will be hereinafter explained.

F represents a bundle or package, which is provided with thelongitudinal tying-cord f and the transverse cord f, crossing each otherat the center of the package. To apply the handle to the bundle, passthe handle under the cord f at its center and allow it to pass throughthe longitudinal groove B, then turn the handle until the cord assumesthe position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, then draw the cordfout of a straight line, as indicated in dotted lines in the same figure,and engage it in the longitudinal groove. It will be seen that thecentral portions of the two cords are parallel and in contact as theypass through the groove, and when they come to the ends thereof theyseparate, as clearly shown in Fig.

4. The portions of the cords outside of the handle extend away from thesame at angles, and therefore they pass through the peripheral groovesor channels D D and bear against the shoulders E E. The shouldersare'designed to prevent the cords from slipping out of the groove B.

This handle is simple and may be manufactured very cheaply, for thereason thatit consists, essentially, ofa turned handle provided with alongitudinal saw-cut.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- The package-holderconsisting of a cylindrical handle having a longitudinal grooveextending its entire length and having parallel plane faced sides,thesaid handle being further provided with diametrical notches in its endscommunicating with said longitudinal groove, and the peripheral groovesforming shoulders, the longitudinal groove being adapted to re ceive thetying-cords of the bundle and the notches,and peripheral grooves beingadapted to prevent slipping of the said cords, as specitied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTIMER FERRELL HILL.

Witnesses:

FRED. H. SOIIEEL, FRED. SUNKEL.

